What is recorded here
This blue commemorative plaque records: Here, in 1931 Sir George Dowty started his aircraft component business Recorded plaque organisation: Cheltenham Civic Society.
Sir George Dowty was a British engineer and businessman who founded Dowty Aviation, which became renowned for its aircraft undercarriage systems; he significantly contributed to the aviation industry's development post-World War II.
A plaque record does not grant entry to a building or private land. View it from a public place unless permission is clearly given.
Places near here
.jpg?width=1280)
Evelyn Terrace Lansdown Terrace Lansdown Terrace, Evelyn Court, Regan House, Attached Railings and Mews ArchwayListed building · 47 yd
Bayshill CourtListed building · 139 yd
J.N. MaskelyneMemorial · 279 yd
Cheltenham, Promenade, statueMonument or public art · 360 yd
Pentagonal monument, Montpellier GardensMonument or public art · 366 yd
Gardens GalleryGallery · 468 yd
Dorothea BealeMemorial · 501 yd
Montpellier GardensVisitor information · 557 yd
Neptune's FountainVisitor information · 633 yd
The Cavern, April 1999Cave or cavern · 810 yd
Cheltenham, The Eagle TowerCastle, fort or tower · 831 yd
Churchyard cross in St Mary's churchyardScheduled monument · 971 yd